Tacoma Narrows Bridge Collapse (1940)
1940 · Ephemeral film · 3 min · dir. Barney Elliott
- Documentary
Synopsis
The collapse of the bridge was recorded on film by Barney Elliott, owner of a local camera shop. The film shows Leonard Coatsworth leaving the bridge after exiting his car. In 1998, The Tacoma Narrows Bridge Collapse was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant. This footage is still shown to engineering, architecture, and physics students as a cautionary tale. Elliott's…
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Details
- Director
- Barney Elliott
- Studio
- The Camera Shop, Tacoma
- Released
- 1940-12-31
- Awards
- 1 win
- Running time
- 3 minutes
Cast & crew
- Barney Elliott Director
- Frederick Burt Farquharson